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Two elaborate paintings of scenes around Georgetown done by an artist during the British colonial era have been added to the list of historical artifacts displayed at the National Trust.

A woman who is believed to be mentally unstable was arrested on Friday following the death of her brother-in-law from suspected stab wounds.

On Christmas Eve, police arrested a 25-year-old British student whom they suspected had swallowed cocaine, and as of Friday he had expelled 40 pellets containing the drug.

Two motorcyclists are patients of the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital after being involved in separate accidents last week Wednesday.

Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) said it was not at fault in the death of Trevor Charles or the injuries passengers sustained when a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company transformer fell from one of its trucks onto a Route 43 minibus last Friday.

CGX Energy Inc may commence offshore drilling earlier than previously announced if all goes well with the finalisation of a joint venture/partnership arrangement.

Residents of the flood-hit Joe Hook and Grass Hook areas in the Mahaica Creek have been promised assistance by government to remove their houses when they are ready to occupy their lots at Hope.

A 24-year-old man was yesterday charged with rape and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Two men who were charged with separate counts of carnally knowing a girl under the age of 15 appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday and were remanded to prison by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A 26-year-old Jamaican man yesterday said that he was offered 200, 000 Jamaican dollars to fetch cocaine and agree to do the job because he was in desperate need of the money.

Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry last week Friday sentenced three men, convicted of possession of over 400 cases of uncustomed polar beer, to jail for a year and ordered them to pay a fine of triple the value of the items amounting to $6.5M.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has announced that come January 2008 electricity tariffs will be increased by six per cent to 20 per cent for varying categories of consumers, as high fuel prices rip apart the company’s finances.

As investigations continue into the illegal airstrip which was discovered by the army two weeks ago in the Corentyne area, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a Crabwood Creek businessman who is allegedly connected to a bulldozer that was found on the airfield along with a burnt aircraft.

CLICO Guyana, a member of the CL Financial Group of Trinidad and Tobago has begun the construction of a new building on Camp Street which it purchased several years ago from Guysuco and says the new edifice will transform the area.

GPSU President Patrick Yarde says he wrote to President Bharrat Jagdeo on December 24 to request, once again, the “timely and long overdue appointment of the constitutionally established Public Service Appellate Tribunal.”

A man was suspected to have been murdered at Mahaicony yesterday and a suspect is in police custody as investigations continue.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) says it agrees with the security measures being implemented by the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) but says that the GPOC Chairman acted unilaterally in taking the decision to install cameras in the Customs examination area of the post office.

At eight, Chelsie Reid seems much older than her age. She is bright, articulate and at such a tender age she is already a cancer survivor.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez, who presides at two courts on the West Demerara yesterday held a retreat for prosecutors, police, court staff and probation officers to review the operations of those courts.

Mora Point residents will soon have access to enhanced health-care services as plans are in train to expand the Region Five community’s health centre.